its a nice motor to pair with a half ton its a little soft below but once the turbo spools up it has gobs of power its hard to believe its only a liter and i really like the tranny they paired with it with gears the motor is always right in the sweet spot all the way through acceleration torque is great it pulled every hill on the way home in overdrive my old chevy gas burner with the would downshift as soon as it looked at a hill